IRS Types of Cases Worked in Appeals

8.1.3.1  (10-23-2007)
Types of Cases Worked in Appeals

  1. Appeals responsibility includes but is not limited to the administrative determination of liability, including additions to tax, additional amounts and penalties for the following types of cases:

    • income, estate, gift, employment and excise taxes;

    • collection due process;

    • collection appeals program;

    • offers-in-compromise;

    • penalty appeals;

    • abatement of interest;

    • administrative costs under IRC Section 7430;

    • jeopardy levies;

    • recommendations concerning settlement offers in refund suits

    • IRC 534(b) letters;

    • refund claims including Joint Committee cases; and

    • overassessments in which a taxpayer appeals the decision of a compliance area director, or a campus director.

  2. Cases are controlled in multiple automated systems, including AIMS, IDRS, ACDS, CATS, CDPTS, ISTS, PACER, and AOIC.


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